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Pakistan’s 'Hard State' Strategy: Repression Over Resolution
Mar 28, 2025

Pakistan’s 'Hard State' Strategy: Repression Over Resolution

The crisis in Balochistan escalates as Pakistan’s military crackdown grows harsher, suppressing activists and disregarding political solutions in fa

Lost in the echo: Party manifestos and intelligence oversight in India
Dec 03, 2024

Lost in the echo: Party manifestos and intelligence oversight in India

Growing scrutiny on Indian intelligence activity highlights the need for intelligence oversight, but the implementation might prove to be difficult

Losing the battle, winning the war: India must focus on Western credibility gaps
Oct 28, 2024

Losing the battle, winning the war: India must focus on Western credibility gaps

India needs to utilise the West’s credibility gap to conduct informational offensives, converting tactical and operational failures into strategic v

कारगिल युद्धानंतर गुप्तचर यंत्रणेत झालेल्या सुधारणांचा आढावा
Aug 14, 2024

कारगिल युद्धानंतर गुप्तचर यंत्रणेत झालेल्या सुधारणांचा आढावा

कारगिलनंतर अस्तित्वात असलेल्या त्रुटी दूर करण्यासाठी र

Post-Kargil intelligence reforms
Aug 06, 2024

Post-Kargil intelligence reforms

The aftermath of Kargil saw a series of reforms being brought to the national security system to plug existing loopholes

India’s foreign intelligence and a need for narrative management
May 18, 2024

India’s foreign intelligence and a need for narrative management

As India’s international stature grows, its intelligence agencies will come under greater scrutiny. The R&AW should institute a PR mechanism to

The complexity and durability of India’s intelligence culture
Oct 06, 2023

The complexity and durability of India’s intelligence culture

Despite the recent allegations, India’s intelligence culture has been characterised by its conflict resolution strategies instead of resorting to ta

Lessons from the Ladakh crisis
Jun 23, 2020

Lessons from the Ladakh crisis

It has become apparent that there have been grave failures somewhere — but more likely in multiple places — in the Indian intelligence chain, as i

Indian intelligence recruitment remains anachronistic
Oct 11, 2024

Indian intelligence recruitment remains anachronistic

Not recruiting from civilian and scientific talent pools risks a ‘failure of imagination’, hindering India’s ability to pre-empt previously unanticipated dangers.

Bill on Intelligence Agencies Reforms
Mar 29, 2011

Bill on Intelligence Agencies Reforms

Mr. Manish Tewari, Member of Parliament, has introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to regulate the functioning and use of power by the Indian intelligence agencies within and outside India and to provide for the coordination, control and oversight of such agencies.

Hubris, Biases, and Overlearning: A Historical Analysis of How India Missed Pakistan’s Nuclear Coup
Jan 05, 2022

Hubris, Biases, and Overlearning: A Historical Analysis of How India Missed Pakistan’s Nuclear Coup

Intelligence agencies are prone to exaggerate an adversary’s capabilities. Indian intelligence in the mid-1970s, meanwhile, severely underestimated Pakistan’s nuclear cunning. For a crucial part of those years, India could not identify AQ Khan’s clandestine nuclear activities to acquire Uranium enrichment technology. This brief names three reasons: hubris, biases, and overlearning from one’s experiences. For New Delhi, this is as much a p